Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-28
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 Manager Downs was seen last night and asked about Watson's leaving. He said that
 Salem loaned Watson to New Haven until
 January 1, but that the latter intend to keep
 him. The Salems have not ordered Watson | to report. There was conditional clause in
 the loan of this player, and the New Ravens
 are therefore going to hold on to him. At | this late day the New Havens cannot get a | man to fill the position of goal as well as 1 Watson is doing it. On Monday in both ! games he outplayed every other goal tend in | the league. The Salems do not want him anyway, for they have first class team. It would be rather unfair for Salem to want ! him back now after he has developed into ' the player that he is since coming to this ! city. He had had but little practice, and | the Salems, having little use for him, let ! him come here. It was not intended to have him play goal, but he played the position go | well that he has been kept there. He likes New Haven and wants to stay here Polo Gossip. The Bostons last week took three games out of four.
 The accession of Curley has fired the Bos- tons with new vim and zeal. Fred Sperry, of this city, refereed his first game Monday night at Lincoln rink. The New Ravens play in Bridgeport to-
 
 Manager Bancroft has presented each of his play CTS with silk hat for defeating the Pawtuekets.
 ened if they succeed in transferring the Brocktons to Bridgeport. Curley played his first game with the Bos- tons Monday afternoon. This should be enough to settle the question whether or not he is coming to New Haven.
 Watson of the Salems, who was loaned to the New Ravens, will probably return to his old love after. January 1. Manager Putnam will find use for him.-Boston Herald. It has been stated that the New Ravens offered $500 for the release of Goal Tender Curley. This Manager Downs denies. He says not a cent was offered for Curley's re- lease.
 The Meridens and Waterburys played in Waterbury Monday afternoon. The score re- suited in favor of the Meridens, 5 to 4. In Meriden in the evening the Meridens defeated the Bridgeports, to 1.
 . Captain Rogers went to Boston Saturday night to sign Half Back John Smith if possl- ble Manager Harris expects to sign Keene, Smith. Keene is a good center and half back. He has just been released to reduce expenses, after playing with Harf ford two seasons.-Bridgeport News.
 Manager Lewis of the Poughkespsie polo team was in this city yesterday. He tried to induce the New Haven management to let Leydon play with the Poughkeepsies once week. Leydon is very popular in that place where he played last season, but the local management refused to let him go as they thought they had no right to do so.
 Cotter and Sealy, rushers of the Pawtuok- cts, leaders in the Central division, seeing that the New Bedfords were defeating them Monday afternoon lost their temper and tried the ruffian act and succeeded in knocking out both Peck and Roberts, the latter receiving a bad cut over the right eye. Peck was picked up insensible. The only surprising thing was that the New Bedfords did not taliate.
 The New Ravens had a Terry Christmas by winning two games. In Hartford in the afternoon they defeated the Hartfords easily, 10 to 4. The New Ravens made seven goals before their opponents made any. The Cour- ant says the New Ravens were far superior to the Hartfords in passing, and to this fact alone can the defeat of the home team be at tributed. In the evening the New Ravens defeated the Waterburys in Lincoln rink, g to A.